walt whitman
Historians Are Debating if Walt Whitman Took a Dick Pic
It's beloved poet Walt Whitman's 198th birthday, and we're looking at his alleged nudes.
A Grad Student Has Discovered a Long-Lost Walt Whitman Novel
The book was published under a pseudonym in the early 1850s and then forgotten for over a century.
Before the Paleo Diet, Walt Whitman Encouraged Men to Eat More Meat
A new book, 'Manly Health and Training,' collects the poet's long lost self-help articles about men's health.
Postcards from the End of an American Era
History hits a wall at Michael St. John's 14th solo show in New York, 'These Days; Leaves of Grass,' at Andrea Rosen Gallery.
Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' Becomes a Trippy Cartoon
A Harvard neuroscience course uses poetry and Sophie Koko Gate’s stunning animation work to teach students about perception.
"Song of Myself": Why Walt Whitman Was the Original Kanye West
In this age of social media, self-promotion is the name of the game. We all have our little avatars, our little pictures and texts that we put out into the electronic world, that we hope get “liked.” Walt Whitman too was a self promoter, a performer, a...
What Celebrities Eat at Golden Corral
David Lynch goes over to the steak station where a guy in a white coat asks him how he wants his steak cooked. David Lynch asks if he can just have a raw piece of the meat. The cook says that’s not allowed. David Lynch asks why that’s not allowed. The...